ServiceNow Administration Fundamentals On Demand

[annikajulia]

Just now I have completed ServiceNow: ServiceNow Administration Fundamentals On Demand

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @annikajulia 

Next Steps After CSA – Choose Based on Your Career Goals:

• Certified Application Developer (CAD): Ideal if you're interested in scripting, app development, and extending platform functionality.

• Certified Implementation Specialist – ITSM (CIS-ITSM): Best suited for those pursuing roles in consulting or business analysis within IT Service Management.

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• Performance Analytics Micro-Certification
  Learn to create KPIs, dashboards, and actionable insights. Ideal for roles focused on reporting, metrics, and data-driven decision-making.

• Integration Hub
  Gain skills in connecting ServiceNow with external systems through pre-built connectors and automation (spokes). Useful for automation and orchestration roles.

• Flow Designer
  Understand how to automate processes without code using a low-code/no-code interface. Critical for building efficient workflows across the platform.

• CMDB (Configuration Management Database)
  Learn how to manage and map IT infrastructure components. This is essential for ITSM, ITOM, and enterprise architecture-related roles.

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https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/learning-plans/zurich/new_to_servicenow

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/learning-plans/zurich/servicenow_administrator

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

I’m a ServiceNow trainer and happy to share my thoughts on this. ServiceNow is becoming increasingly broad and deep these days, and the best way to kickstart your journey is by earning the CSA (Certified System Administrator) certification. The CSA provides a solid understanding of the platform, its terminology, and core modules. Once you get hands-on experience with the platform through CSA, you can decide on your next path.

Employers value professionals with experience across multiple modules, so it’s important to expand your knowledge and add more products to your portfolio. Consider focusing on areas like ITSM, GRC, HRSD, CSM, or SecOps.

Currently, the training is free, which is a fantastic opportunity. However, the real challenge is gaining hands-on experience. To overcome this, the ServiceNow community is an excellent resource. Dedicate at least 1-2 hours a day engaging with the community — read questions others are asking and contribute your own responses. Over time, this will improve your skills and boost your confidence.

Additionally, mastering scripting is essential if you want to become a developer. There are many courses and exercises available on developer.servicenow.com to help you practice and enhance your scripting skills, which will strengthen your portfolio.

Start with the CSA certification and then choose your next step based on your interests — whether that’s development, becoming a Business Analyst, Change Manager, or Project Manager. A solid foundation will give you the flexibility to pursue any domain you prefer.

[Bhuvan]

@annikajulia 

Congrats on completing the course, next step is to get certified in ServiceNow CSA.

https://learning.servicenow.com/lxp/en/now-platform/certified-system-administrator-csa-learning-path...

As next steps, you can go through scripting and development concepts as it would help you with any ServiceNow modules that you would be working in future,

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/learning-plans/zurich

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/courses/zurich/app_store_learnv2_scripting_zurich_sc...

Make use of your PDI to full extent to practice what you learn as hands-on would be the most essential part of your learning phase

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/guides/zurich/developer-program/pdi-guide/personal-develop...

Register with ServiceNow University and go through course contents.

https://learning.servicenow.com/

Developer learning plans are easier to understand the modules compared to official documentation and would recommend to start learning in phases, start with New to ServiceNow and later ServiceNow Administration followed by ServiceNow Application Developer,

https://developer.servicenow.com/

Go through ITSM and Application Development Fundamentals on-demand courses and get certified in CIS-ITSM and CAD.

If you need any help, you can post in communities and experts can guide you. There are lots of YouTube videos available depending on your topic of interest and thousands of useful blogs available in ServiceNow communities. You can search in communities and YouTube and follow what suits your learning style the best.

Congratulations on your ServiceNow journey !

If this helped to answer your query, please mark it helpful & accept the solution. As per community guidelines, you can accept more than one answer as accepted solution.

Thanks,

Bhuvan

[Nikhil Bajaj9]

Hi @annikajulia ,

Great News now start preparing yourself for CSA. Read course content 2-3 times properly and for practice questions- search quizlets and flashcards on google. From here you can find the questions but answer may or may not be correct so search answers on your own. It will help you in CSA preparation.